I'm sure there are others that I just can't think of at the moment.
Mmm that little show that brought us together, Buffy the Vampire Slayer? ;- )
But yeah there aren't many great tv shows focusing on females or even with female characters as important as the male ones. Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles was well written and female-centric, BSG had many very important female characters (Laura, Kara, Caprica Six), but there are the exceptions. I think it's because most writers are males and it isn't easy for them to write female characters, so the world they create is mostly male-oriented. The Sopranos or Deadwood were very male centric too (Milch even admitted that writing female characters was not his cup of tea). BTW I have finished The Sopranos AT LAST and will post about it soon.
Among the current great tv shows, and apart from The Good Wife, I'd say that Mad Men might be the most balanced one right now, thanks to Peggy's journey, and Joan's popularity. At least it's less male centric than The Sopranos, even though the filiation is obvious.
And so is The Americans.
Justified is all about a men's world (except during season 2!) and Hannibal is very male centric as well. They are still great tv shows.
Have you seen Rectify? The lead is a male and there are more male characters but there are two important female characters in the supporting cast.
But I agree with you about TD and Nussbaum's criticism. I read her article and disagreed (and frankly when she said that Top of The Lake was better than TD it made me scream!). She sounds like one of those viewers whose reviews are based on what they would have liked to see rather than on what was showed on screen...
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Date: 2014-03-05 12:46 pm (UTC)Mmm that little show that brought us together, Buffy the Vampire Slayer? ;- )
But yeah there aren't many great tv shows focusing on females or even with female characters as important as the male ones. Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles was well written and female-centric, BSG had many very important female characters (Laura, Kara, Caprica Six), but there are the exceptions. I think it's because most writers are males and it isn't easy for them to write female characters, so the world they create is mostly male-oriented. The Sopranos or Deadwood were very male centric too (Milch even admitted that writing female characters was not his cup of tea). BTW I have finished The Sopranos AT LAST and will post about it soon.
Among the current great tv shows, and apart from The Good Wife, I'd say that Mad Men might be the most balanced one right now, thanks to Peggy's journey, and Joan's popularity. At least it's less male centric than The Sopranos, even though the filiation is obvious.
And so is The Americans.
Justified is all about a men's world (except during season 2!) and Hannibal is very male centric as well. They are still great tv shows.
Have you seen Rectify? The lead is a male and there are more male characters but there are two important female characters in the supporting cast.
But I agree with you about TD and Nussbaum's criticism. I read her article and disagreed (and frankly when she said that Top of The Lake was better than TD it made me scream!). She sounds like one of those viewers whose reviews are based on what they would have liked to see rather than on what was showed on screen...